In the Queen's Navee: The Adventures of a Colonial Cadet on his way to the 'Britannia'
by Robinson, Commander C.N., R.N. and Leyland, John
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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(London: Griffith Farren Browne: no date) Muir 6418. Gilt decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 382. Illustrated by Walter W. May. Top edge gilt. The hero is 'a true colonial boy...born and bred in Queensland' (p.10) and there is some South Seas setting. Gift inscription dated 1912 on front free endpaper. A little rubbing to the head and foot of the spine; a very good copy.
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Clarence Park, South Australia
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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- Gilt
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Rubbing
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